Rail joint



Aug. 2l, 1923. 1,465,914

l M. Kiss i RAIL JOINT Filed Dec. 1, 1922 2 sheets-sheet@ M. KISS RAILJOINT Aug. 21, 1923.

2 'Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. l, 1922 mvEN'rqi ATroRNEY 'Mike Kals-.5'

:ss/M l Patented Aug. 2l, i923.

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l MIKE KISS, or MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

i RAIL-JOINT.

Application led December l, 1922. Serial No. 604,366.

State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailJoints, ofwhich the following is a specicationQ The object of my saidinventionv isv the provisionof a rail joint' adapted tobe expeditiouslyand easily fastened to a tie or ties and to strongly hold and embracethe adjoining portions of rails, and this without interfering with theexpansion Vand contraction of the rails.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the,improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figurel is a perspective Showing my novel joint yin use.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.v

Figure 3 is a cross-section taken in the plane indicated by the line 3-3of Figure 2 and showing the loose connection of the interposed sectionto the body of the joint.

Figure 4 is an inverted plan view of the joint.V

Figure 5 is a side elevation of a modification.

Figure 6 is an inverted plan view of said modification. l

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures l to 4 towhich reference will first be made.V

The rails l are preferably of the ordinary wellknown construction, eachincluding a base, a web and a head. v

My novel joint comprises a body 2, and a section 3v in the saidbody 2.The said section 3 is formed of the same material as the rails l andcorresponds in cross-section shape and size to the rails and like therails has a base, a web and a head, as best shown in Figure 3. VIn thepreferred Vembodiment of my invention the section 3 is connectedV to theupstanding parallel portions 4 of the body 2 through the medium of anappropriate transverse connector; also, the section 3 and body 2 areconnected by upright devices 5". f

The joint body is preferably formed in one piece, and in addition to thesaid parallel upstanding portions 4 the body comprises a rail basereceiving portion 6, side ribs 7 which extend from .points adjacent' tothe upper edges of the portions 4 to pointsk outwardly beyond the sideedges of the portion 6, and a base 8, brazed or otherwise fixed to theportion 6. VThe outer' ends of the side ribs? are bifurcatedasdesignated yby 9 forthe receptionV of spikes that ffasten the joint toa tie or ties.` In the embodiment shown lnFigures l and 3'the base 8 Visarranged under the portion throughout the area of the latter and isprovided with lateral portions 8a and 8b, which portions 8a and 8b aredisposed under the extended portions of the side ribs 7 and are notchedat 10 coincident with the bifurcations 9 Vin the said side ribs. At thispoint I would have Vit understood that when desired base sections 8""such as shown in Figures 5 and 6 may be-employed in lieu of thecontinuous base 8,'the said sections 8C being arranged under the ribbedvportions only of the body and being separated by intervening spaces asillustrated.-

It will be apparent from the foregoing thatrm'y novel joint is simpleand inexpensive in vconstruction and isk susceptible of readyinstallation, and is adapted to strongly join thev rails in such mannerthat a praccific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuchas in the future practice of the invention various changes andmodications may be made such'as fall within the scope of my inventionVas defined in my appended claims.

I-Iaving described vmy invention, what I Y claim y and desire to* secureby Letters Patent. isr.- f f l. The combination of the adjoining por-Ytions of two railway rails, and a joint com- I donot'desire however, tobe prising a body receiving and joining said portions. a sectionVarranged in the body and interposed betweenthe opposed ends of therails; said section corresponding in cross-section to the rails andbeing arranged lfreaoraA Hush therewith, and a transverse Connectoreffecting Connection of said section to the body. A

2. A rail joint comprising a rail-base re'- oeiving portion, upstandingparallel portions rising from said first-named portion7 transverse rilosextending from pointsadjacent to the upper edges of the upstandingportions outwardly beyond the edges of the rail-base receiving portionand having bifurl0 @ations von their outerfends, and base portionsarranged under the rail-base receiving portion' and also arranged underthe eX- tended portions of the transverse ribs.

' In testimony'whereof aiiX my signature.

Y MKE KSS.

